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India’s killer ‘godmen’ and their sacrificial children South China Morning Post: Deepak Sarma, professor of Indian religions and philosophy, discussed human sacrifices of children taking place in India that are being associated with the cult of Tantrism. He explained that individuals who are…

Neighborhoods by the numbers: How the new Progress Index is a win for CLE residents FreshWater Cleveland: Claudia Coulton, director of the Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development and a Distinguished University Professor, discussed the need for regular upgrades to Cleveland Neighborhood…

Mystery of Missouri black man in Thomas Hart Benton mural is finally solved The Kansas City Star: After a mysterious figure in a well-known mural on Missouri history was identified, Henry Adams, the Ruth Coulter Heede Professor of Art History, reflected on the discovery.

A crackdown on drug dealers is also a crackdown on drug users FiveThirtyEight: Lee Hoffer, associate professor of anthropology and professor of psychiatry, spoke about his research on illegal drug markets and how middlemen "brokers" blur the lines between dealers and users. “These are people that…

Informing physicians: Would doctors prescribe different medications if they knew how much people had to pay for them? American Economic Association: Recent research by Mariana Carrera, assistant professor of economics, shows that physicians will prescribe less expensive medications for…

Case Western Reserve University to showcase research projects on April 20 cleveland.com: Research ShowCASE will take place Friday, April 20, featuring more than 600 presentations from high school, undergraduate and graduate students, as well as post-docs, faculty members and staff.

Flashback: When U.S. income tax was illegal Ozy: Erik Jensen, emeritus professor of law, weighed in on the late 1800s Supreme Court case that abolished the income tax for 18 years, and the political upheaval it caused. “As nasty as things are in Washington now, debates about the income tax in the…

Declining incarceration population opens the door to closing prison facilities News 5 Cleveland: Gabriella Celeste, policy director in the Schubert Center for Child Studies and co-director of the Childhood Studies Program, discussed how to address childhood trauma to deter juvenile criminality.

think[box]: Thinking Inside the Box The Business Journal: The Business Journal went inside the Larry Sears and Sally Zlotnick Sears think[box] with a video, highlighting the purposes of the innovation center’s different floors. "From the very beginning, we envisioned this as more than a maker…

Childhood obesity may be driving more cancers in young adults UPI: Nathan Berger, the Hanna-Payne Professor of Experimental Medicine and director of the Center for Science, Health and Society, led a study that found that childhood obesity may increase the risk of young adults getting cancers that…